Isolation and characterization of rhizospheric microorganisms from bacterial wilt endemic areas in Kenya

Ralstonia solanacearum is a soil-borne bacterium causing bacterial wilt, particularly in Solanaceae crops, including tomatoes. Due to pathogens wide host plant range, pesticide resistance, and ability to overcome cultivars utilized for innate resistance, not even a single measure is effective against the pathogen. Screening the rhizosphere of bacterial wilt tolerant tomato plants from Bomet,...
Source: African Journal of Microbiology Research - Category: Microbiology Source Type: research